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Listening to the Community

Jesus had different plans…

by Vola Ranaivoson on February 21, 2022

by Vola Ranaivoson In January of this year, I had the opportunity to visit with Jared and Mary Onserio. They currently live and minister with CCDAfrica in the Kibera Slums of Kenya. It was a bright and sunny day as my Boda Boda (motorcycle taxi) zoomed through the streets of Kibera as I [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Listening to the Community, Timeless Tagged With: CCDAfrica, Education Equity, international, philosophy

Making Space for Latinx Voices

by CCDA Guest on September 13, 2021

by Alma Lizette Cárdenas Rodríguez One of the arteries to the heart of CCDA is listening to the community. The kind of listening that creates space to listen to the groanings of the community-to sit with them. Listening to the community also allows us to reimagine, dream and contribute to making [...]
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Filed Under: Listening to the Community Tagged With: alegria, hispanic, latinx, listening to the community, publishing

Ministry Spotlight: New Community Church

by CCDA Guest on July 12, 2021

After years of doing urban ministry, a 2010 conversation with gang-affiliated teens led Darryl and Stephanie Answer to contemplate what it would look like to live in a neighborhood, follow Jesus, get to know their neighbors, join what’s already going on, and see what the Spirit does. In 2011, they [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Listening to the Community, Local Network Tagged With: dream, pandemic

How Solidarity with Neighbors led to their Collective Liberation

by Christina on April 23, 2021

Along with at least 4.5 million Texan families, Lisa lost water and power during the unprecedented snowstorm in March. She is a pastor at Gateway Church in Pflugerville, Texas, where they launched this Easter. Lisa has been connected with CCDA for 5-6 years and has worked in community development [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Listening to the Community, Membership Tagged With: dream, pandemic

Does God See Us?

by Christina on March 17, 2021

Does God See Us? Processing as an Asian American Practitioner by Christina Foor Grief. That is where I am sitting today as I hear the news of the murders at Atlanta spas and see another young, white, male terrorist taken into custody. I read that he was just a guy that “loved God and [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Justice Initiatives & Advocacy, Listening to the Community Tagged With: AAPI

How to Support Asians and Asian Americans in the Face of Violence

by CCDA Guest on February 22, 2021

How to Support Asians and Asian Americans in the Face of Violence by Dr. Joyce del Rosario My social media feed has a string of reports of new uprisings of violence against Asians and Asian Americans. I was recently part of a panel gathered by an Asian American United Methodist group to [...]
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Filed Under: CCDA, Justice Initiatives & Advocacy, Listening to the Community Tagged With: AAPI, API, stopAAPIhate, support, virus

Engaging in Prophetic Witness

by Christina on June 6, 2020

by Lisa Rodriguez-WatsonDirector of Leadership Development & Training It’s been a devastating few weeks. Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, 100,000 COVID deaths, violence in our streets, extreme action by some, inaction by others, silence and complicity, curfews, virtue signaling, [...]
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Filed Under: Listening to the Community, Train and Connect Tagged With: black lives matter, prophetic, protest, witness

Lent Week 7: Fostering Intimacy with Christ

by CCDA Guest on April 9, 2020

Simon of Cyrene

Humility 21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).  Mark 15:21-22 I’ll be honest, [...]
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Filed Under: Devotionals, Listening to the Community Tagged With: Crucifixion, Fostering Intimacy with Christ, Holy Week, Humility, Lent, Simon of Cyrene, The cross

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